Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.

If we would have good ministers, we must remember our Lord’s example, and pray for them. Their work is heavy. Their responsibility is enormous. Their strength is small. Let us see that we support them, and hold up their hands by our prayers.

By affliction He teaches us many precious lessons, which without it we should never learn. By affliction He shows us our emptiness and weakness, draws us to the throne of grace, purifies our affections, weans us from the world, makes us long for heaven.

Nothing so hardens the heart of man as a barren familiarity with sacred things.

The brightest saint is the man who has the most heart-searching sense of his own sinfulness, and the liveliest sense of his own complete acceptance in Christ.

The last day will prove that some of the holiest men that ever lived are hardly known.

All converted people should labor to adorn the doctrine they profess by humility. If they can do nothing else, they can strive to be humble.